1. Passover Haggadah, 5 M.T. Jewish Transportation unit (Y.A.L.), Middle Eastern Forces. Field, 1942. The Haggadah opens with: "Tonight, while we celebrate the Holiday of Liberty…Egypt still exists. The universe has become Egypt for us…" A shortened Haggadah, written under difficult battlefield conditions, on the shore of the Red Sea in Egypt. On page no. 3 appears a reference to the German siege of Tubruk, a harbor city in Northern Lybia, close to the Egyptian border. The Haggadah contains parts of the traditional text as well as a text about the Transportation Unit. On the back cover appears an illustration of a Magen David and within it the writing Y.A.L. 16 pp, 16X21 cm. Good condition. Corner of one leaf is torn. Tears to spine.
2. Passover Haggadah. Jewish Transportation Unit 179, Y.A.L. Italy/Provincia di Foggia, [1944]. On page no. 8: "we are sitting together for a Passover Seder in Italy in the conquered city of Foggia, Jewish soldiers from Eretz Israel...and brothers who survived for whom it is the first Passover after years of suffering…we must remember the millions who were murdered…" On the back cover appears the unit's emblem (an encircled Magen David) with the writing: "Next Year in our Land!" on the lower part: "Published by the "Jewish Soldier" a bi-weekly of the Jewish Transportation Unit 178". [27] pp (page no. 8 appears twice), 16.5 X20.5 cm. Good condition.